Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BOMBS IN LINGG'S CELL. A Startling Discovery In
 Chicago MADE IN THE NICK OF TIME. The Amnesty Feeling Takes
 A Drop.
WITH THE GROWS,
Five Persons Driven Through A
 Drawbridge.


 Measures Will Now be Taken an.
 | Fewer Petitions for Executive Glenn
 encY Will be Signed.
 l CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-The cells of the sever
 condemned anarchists in the county jail weF
 searched to-day and six loaded bombs wer
 found in Lingg's cell, hidden away in
 | wooden box which was concealed under pile of newspapers in corner. The sheriff l sent word to the friends of the condemned l to-day that DO admittance would be given tt | the jail and this morning the entire force O | deputy sherifs reported to the jail for duty | Shortly after 9:30 o'clock Lingg ard Enge were led from their cells to the consulta | ton cage and the search began. Engel's eel was first entered and thoroughly examined but beyond few empty cigar boxes. \ some fruit, books gnd papers, nothing I was found. Then the deputies entered Lingg's cell while it's former occupant plant ed himself in corner of his temporary prison
 and watched them with eager eyes. He was pale as death and trembled like an aspen leaf as the searchers moved around in the little three men jumped out to the corridor, while
 third man held at arms length small box
 which he carefully carried to the jail office
 and laid on the jailer's desk. The box con-
 tained six pieces of gas pipe, each about six
 or seven inches in length, filled with some
 heavy substance and plugged at both ends.
 Jailer Folz picked up one which was closed
 at one end with round iron stopper and
 one of the officers pronounced it a veritable
 dynamite bomb. Just then Sheriff Mat
 son arrived at the jail and order
 ed that the dangerous weapons be
 replaced in the box and sent to chemist
 for analysis. Then the search was contin-
 ned, but beyond quantity of rubbish noth-
 ing was found. In the cells of Fischer,
 Parsons, Spies, Schwab and Fielden no con
 traband articles of any kind were found. It
 was decided, however, to change the cells
 and accordingly four apartments on the low
 CT tier were cleaned out No. II, which is
 directly in front of the entrance to the jail
 and between two rows of iron gratings in
 which space three men are on guard night
 and day, was prepared for Lingg's reception
 and there the bomb manufacturer was lock
 ed up. He was given bed, table, books and writing materials, but everything else
 was kept from him. He immediately sat down and began to write, keeping at work all day until it was too dark to see
 The next cell to that occupied by Lingg is used as 8 kind of storeroom by the deputy sheriffs ynd is also inside of the space be- tween the two gratings mentioned. Next west of this are cells g, s and ', which were cleaned out and given up to Engel, Fischer and Parsons ill the order named. ochwab and Fielden were allowed to retain their old cells, Nos. 26 and 29 on the second tier, while Spies was taken from his old cell, No. 24, and put into No. 25, just east of Schwab. All the prisoners except Lingg submitted to the change and search without displaying the slightest emotion. Lingg seemed much worried when he was told of what was con templated and showed so plainly that some thing was wrong that the iailers were not so greatly surprised as they might have been over the discovery subsequently, made.
 Sheriff Matson said this afternoon: "We had no reason to make the search at this particular time. That is, we received no in timation that anything was wrong. It was merely precautionary measure decided on by Jailer Folz and myself. We selected Sunday as a quiet day when the examination would make less disturbance than at any other time. For some time there WAS so much of this amnesty business going on that did not care to interfere with the good citizens who were interested in the condemned men or place any obstacle in their way. But we felt as though the time had come to take ex- tra precautions and so decided to clean the cells out. Of course, in view of the develop ments of the search, the most stringent pre- cautionary measures will now be taken. The prisoners will not be allowed to exercise as much as formerly and the ! number of visitors will be restricted. l No one will be allowed to visit any of the condemned in the cage, and if any inter l views are granted it will be only to near rel l stives and in presence of jail official. I ] won't say every visitor will be searched, but | here will be no opportunity for any exchange l of anything whatever between the prisoners l md outsiders. As for Lingg, I do not know | hat he will be allowed to see anyone, but l nave not fully decided on that | point. Heneeforth no baskets of food l ,r fruit will be allowed to be 1 patches will be received or sent until they are | by jail official. The prisoners l ,an have anything they want to eat. From | his time on they are my guests and will be | provided with anything they desire to eat at | ny expense. They will be strongly guarded | night and day and special man will watch | ach of the prisoners from this time for yard.'
 The news of the finding spread like wild l ire. A universal reaction of the amnesty | eminent was immediately apparent. Hun- lreds of citizens who signed the petition for | lemency regretted their action and wished | hey had never appended their names to the 1 paper.
 The bombs were placed in the hands of | Captain Schaack for examination and that | ,fficer reported that they appeared to have Il ,een designed by some of the condemned as | gents for self destruction. He said they diff | cred materially in make up from any he | lad before examined and he would be willing ! o have one of them exploded in an adjoining l com as they could not do serious damage to he surroundings. The bombs meant for the | destruction of everything with which their fragments might come in contact had shells made of lead, zinc and antimony or ome similar composition, pieces of which | would fly in every direction when they ex- Ial 6-Jz -SoS,, 4zb et in wherever wound was in. The bombs were made of ordinary five-eighth inch gas pipe, which instead of exploding would erve the purpose of a gun barrel. On one end of each were fixed cap md fuse, while the other contained small bolts which would fly out as bullets from ,un. From his knowledge OF the methods of making bombs for various purposes he gave t his opinion that the bombs were intended to be used only as @ means # cheating the gallows. It was doubtless he intention of Lingg to put one end of the ,omb in his mouth and light the fuse just as le would cigar. The result and explosion would it is believed prove fatal. Before rearing the result of Captain Sohaack's ex- Sheriff Matson and some of his deputies had reached 8 similar conclusion. The Governors Solemn PrOblen-Peti-
 tIOns Crowding In on Him With
 Every Mail.
 SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. Ex-Governor )g1esby's mail in the Anarchist cases was arger this morning than ever before. Nine' y-seven letters and communications were re- ,eived by the executive messenger from the ,ostoffice and of this number fully eighty Der cent. related to the Anarchists case. The ,reater part of these came from Chicago and Governor Oglesby this afternoon said that while many demand that the sentence ,f death be carried out the proportion of re- .uests for communication were larger than on my previous day. As matter of fact, said he Governor, !the pleas for olemency have always been greater than the requests for on-interference, but this morning the pro- portion was greater than usual. I have seen no one to-day. The delegates I presume 1 will begin to come tomorrow and next day, and when they do propose to receive them all in the reception room at the Capitol. 1 Everybody will be accorded patient hearing 1 and the case finally disposed of just as all the ae okO,.h ha5 hno fF1 {I,oA